How to get started with creqing: Difference between revisions

These are usually the most easy creqs to make, as you generally do them if you have the file at hand, and notice that things are wrong/missing in the fileentry. It should be enough to auto-creq files with [[Avdump]] in most cases. There are however some fields that is not handled when auto-creqing. These are specified below.

{{eyecatch|Warning|It is considered "bad manner" to creq fields that can be handled by avdump. You should have a very good reason for doing it.}}

The main website of a group is not enough, unless the information is in a newsitem on the front-page, you should specify the exact page where your information was found.

|This should be set to the group that released the file - the groupname is usually supplied in the filename unless it has been renamed. Note that it should be the group of the ones who did most of the work on the file that should be entered, not someone who just redistributes the file, or (god forbid) re-encode the file by himself for whatever reason. A lot of RAW groups only redistribute files - they do not encode or capture the video themselves, they just download it from their favourite p2p network and redistribute it on another one.

|Although there have never been any written rules; ''quality is usually bound to source''. Ie. DVD -> very high, DTV -> high, VHS -> low, etc.. It is generally ok to follow this scheme, but don't go about creqing just because of it. There are many good reasons for not following it.

|The only parts that is not handled by Avdump are the flags ''clean video'' and ''wrong aspect ratio''. ''Clean video'' means that the video is exactly in the shape it was brodcasted / released in. That is; the encoder did not add any logos or text on top (including hard subs). Aspect ratio is a problematic area in general and has to be handled manually in some cases.

|When it comes to subtitles, there are two major things to take note of: if it is hardsubbed or if it is softsubbed. If it is softsubbed, there can easily be more than one subtitle-stream, however if it is hardsubbed, it is usually only one subtitle-stream.

The easiest things to creq changes to in an anime entry are probably the ANN/ANFO/Allcinema URLs, pics and description - all you need for those are basically search-skills and/or writing skills. Also, you can add new titles, categories, companies, and relations without an actual creq; however if you want to change/delete one of those, you need to make a thread about it in the {{NewForumLink|21|Change Requests forum}}.

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===ANN/ANFO/Allcinema===

|If the anime doesn't have an [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/ ANN]/[http://www.animenfo.com/ AnimeNfo]/[http://www.allcinema.net Allcinema] link, search the respective website and provide the correct id/part of the link.

|If you have access to the episode, you can supply the length of the file for this field - if not, you can for example search for the correct length on google and provide sources from there.

It is suggested that you search using the kanji name of the anime and episode in order to get the best results on google.

If this does not help (often, they only display when the first episode of the anime aired/was released), you can try the same approach as for the play length: google for the kanji titles of the anime and the episode. Hopefully you will find a site that lists all the episodes properly.

When it comes to groups, things can change all the time, they can move their channel, they can get a new website, they can start focusing on other aspects of fansubbing. Each of these changes should be provided with an actual source, be it in the form of a website, a forum post or an irc chat log.

|If the wrong name/shortname is entered for a group, change it here - and provide coroborating evidence that it isn't just another group with a similar name.

|Specify the official URL of the group if it has one - if the group provides bittorrent links on their main page, that page will '''NOT''' be allowed to be entered. Try to find a page that doesn't have any torrent links on it - perhaps their news-page or forum if they have one.